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Grammarwannabe Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Forming relexives
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Does anyone know why when we form reflexives sometimes we use objective case and other times we use the possessive form? Am I missing something?
chris
Does anyone know why when we form reflexives sometimes we use objective case and other times we use the possessive form? Am I missing something?
chris
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Does anyone know why when we form reflexives sometimes we use objective case and other times we use the possessive form? Am I missing something? Maybe a historian of the English language can help with the details, but it's most likely just the accidents of history as English developed centuries ago.
- Does anyone know why when we form reflexives sometimes we use objective case and other times we use the possessive form?
- Am I missing something?
- Maybe a historian of the English language can help with the details, but it's most likely just the accidents of history as English developed centuries ago.
- There's no particular pattern to them, but you're not missing anything significant.
- We just have to remember them all regardless of how they came to be historically.
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Does anyone know why when we form reflexives sometimes we use objective case and other times we use the possessive form? Am I missing something?
Maybe a historian of the English language can help with the details, but it's most likely just the accidents of history as English developed centuries ago. There's no particular pattern to them, but you're no
Maybe a historian of the English language can help with the details, but it's most likely just the accidents of history as English developed centuries ago. There's no particular pattern to them, but you're no
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